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Institutionally organized adult education has traditionally seen the integration of social strata and groups as its most important task. However, in recent years an increasing disinterest of general adult education in integrative work is to be observed which goes along with the emergence of a specialised andragogical approach and institutional compartmentalization: people with disabilities are increasingly catered for by care facilities and financed by social welfare institutions. The emergence…
Common staff qualification concepts hardly ever pay attention to the needs of disabled people. Qualification measures for sensorically handicapped employees must, however, yield a surplus. Above and beyond the teaching of professional know-how, problems have to be addressed which derive from the handicap and affect day-to-day work. The article gives information about a further education concept for people with hearing disabilities and about the chances and difficulties in its implementation.
The author investigates whether, to which extent and due to which motivation migrants participate in general further education programmes of the City-Volkshochschule (adult education school) of Berlin. Results: The ethnic composition of the city district is not mirrored in that of the course participants. Whichever their formal education, migrants are more than German course participants motivated on the personal level.
In einem Bundes-Modellprojekt der Neuen Arbeit Saar GmbH (NAS) werden ehemalige langzeitarbeitslose Sozialhilfeempfänger/innen umgeschult zu Maler/inne/n, Tischler/inne/n, Gärtner/inne/n oder zur/zum Bürokauffrau/mann. Der vorliegende Zwischenbericht erläutert Grundlagen, Methoden und Erfahrungen bei der Durchführung. Ziel ist ein selbstorganisiertes Lernen der Teilnehmer/innen. Dazu wurde in der Umsetzungsphase ein Bildungspass mit einem Methodenmix entwickelt. Wesentlicher Bestandteil ist die…
Working Paper for the Small Group Meeting on Aging and Work, January 17th – 19th 2007 in Tilburg, Netherlands
The author presents the idea of Web 2.0 providing new opportunities for the political participation of citizens. First, he evaluates possible target groups. Corresponding empirical observations reveal a distinction between those who have arrived in the world of digital content and those who have not. Political education focuses on so called »digital outsiders« to avoid long-term representation deficits caused by an increasingly digitalized democracy. In conclusion, necessary competences of poli…
Erwachsenenbildung für die Zielgruppe Väter stellt eine konsequente Differenzierung von Männerbildung und Familienbildung dar. Beide Bereiche gewinnen nur einen geringen Teil der Männer als Teilnehmer. Als Gründe werden z. B. genannt, dass Männer im Fall der Familienbildung sich als Minderheit in Kursen unwohl fühlen oder im Fall der Männerbildung es scheuen, ihr Selbstkonzept zu hinterfragen und fürchten, Status, Sicherheit und Unabhängigkeit zu verlieren. Väterbildung kann demgegenüber struk…
